In June, we discussed a McKinsey & Co. report which stated that US manufacturing could be poised for a recovery and not because of Trump’s policies. Indeed, McKinsey’s rationale was based on automation weakening the case for labour arbitrage. James Manyika, McKinsey Global Institute director, commented.

Consider: an influential consulting firm that advises some of the world’s largest companies on strategic questions such as M&A and restructuring has an internal investment arm with $9.5 billion in assets that hasn’t lost money more than once in 25 years.